Well, might as well get it started. It's a forward heavy top end of the first round, and as it is becoming quite evident, we will picking there. Forward pile we will be grabbing from. Fuck defenceman, we can't score, the Sedins are done, we need forwards. Plus it's not a strong D class in 2017.

SKYO wrote:Well the good news with all the losing is we don't have to tank on purpose at all.

That leads to a top pick!

Lol I suppose its inevitable now. The team is trying but the horses are weak. I am enjoying watching the team as theyre giving it their all I just wish they had some guys who could throw em and stand up for each other. Go down swinging ya know

So hard to say what will happen in this draft, just way too early. Perhaps after the WJC we will start to see some guys separate from the pack, other than Patrick and perhaps Liljegren that is. Comtois has been below average to start the year and I haven't seen many others yet. Perhaps somebody makes a huge push like Laine did last year.

One thing seems to be getting more certain though, that the Nucks will be picking in the top 10 so it will be another good draft to follow.

What roster players can vancouver move that might bring back high first round picks? For them to be high they would have to be younger going to teams that feel they're close and just missing a piece or 2 but inevitably fail and suck their way down to the bottom.

Horvat and Boeser are pretty well completely off the table unless its for the 1st overall.

So whos left with that kind of value and which teams can you see taking that kind of risk?

Edler, Tanev, Hansen, Virtanen, Sutter are probably our most valuable roster assets that could possibly appeal to a marginal contender that may be willing to risk moving their 1st rounders...anyone else?

I see Winnipeg as a team knocking on desperate with enough young assets already in their system where they may put thwir 1st up AND may fall to a top 3 draft slot.

Florida maybe as Barkov is slumping to start the year and they may start twitching

Nashville was hyped up after the Subban trade but they have a few guys badly underachieving. Theres potential there for a real bad season.

Dallas is stinking it up but no way they fall far enough for a high pick.

RoyalDude wrote:Even if we finish 30th, we are not winning the lottery? It's just how it is with the Canucks. So with that in mind we should stop dreaming about Patrick and focus on the scraps beyond him.

Ya know RD there is a first for everything, like you going to rehab....aha sorry brah.

Michael Rasmussen from Surrey, BC, playing for Tri-Cities in the WHL, is a 6'5'' 203 lb centerman. He is an April 1999 born player. He scored 18 goals, 43 points in 63 games in his rookie WHL campaign this past season as a 16-year-old.

A hometown 6'5'' centerman with skill, consistent intensity and a physical edge?

Michael Rasmussen from Surrey, BC, playing for Tri-Cities in the WHL, is a 6'5'' 203 lb centerman. He is an April 1999 born player. He scored 18 goals, 43 points in 63 games in his rookie WHL campaign this past season as a 16-year-old.

A hometown 6'5'' centerman with skill, consistent intensity and a physical edge?